Adriaan van Wijngaarden
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Adriaan van Wijngaarden was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist renowned as a pioneer of programming language design and formal language theory, particularly for his leading role in the development of ALGOL 68 and the introduction of Van Wijngaarden grammars.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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computer scientist → human → mathematician → |
| contributedTo |
design of ALGOL 60
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design of ALGOL 68 → |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands → |
| dateOfBirth | 1916-11-02 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-02-07 → |
| educatedAt |
Delft University of Technology
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Leiden University NERFINISHED → |
| employer |
Mathematisch Centrum
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Stichting Mathematisch Centrum NERFINISHED → |
| era | 20th century → |
| familyName | van Wijngaarden NERFINISHED → |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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formal language theory → mathematics → numerical analysis → programming language design → |
| gender | male → |
| givenName | Adriaan NERFINISHED → |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
applied mathematics
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theoretical computer science → |
| influenced |
European school of programming language design
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development of formal description techniques for programming languages → |
| knownFor |
ALGOL 68
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Van Wijngaarden grammars NERFINISHED → pioneering work in programming languages → work at Mathematisch Centrum → |
| language |
Dutch
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English → |
| memberOf | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED → |
| name | Adriaan van Wijngaarden NERFINISHED → |
| nationality | Dutch → |
| notableConcept | Van Wijngaarden grammar NERFINISHED → |
| notableStudent |
Cornelis H. A. Koster
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Edsgar W. Dijkstra NERFINISHED → Lambert Meertens NERFINISHED → |
| placeOfBirth |
Netherlands
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Rotterdam NERFINISHED → |
| placeOfDeath |
Amstelveen
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Netherlands NERFINISHED → |
| positionHeld |
director of Mathematisch Centrum
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head of computing department at Mathematisch Centrum → |
| workedOn |
automatic computing
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language definition formalisms → numerical methods → |
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